Spring-wheel.



W. E. KEES-BE.

SPRING WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED Nov. G, 1913.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915,.

VJEVSLEY E. KEEASKEE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNA.

SPRING-WHEEL.

- Application led'November 6,

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, lVEsLnr E. Kansen, a Citizen of the 'United States, residingat Los Angeles, in the county Jof Los Angeles `and State of California, have invented a .new and useful Spring-W heel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto spring wheels and the object of the invention is t0. provide an improved fastening Jfor the spring spokes. Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section, showing my invention` Fig. 2 is a section on line Z-af,

Fig. 1. Fig 3 is a section on line :c3-wt,

F ig. 1. Fig. il is a perspective View oi' side plate. Fig. 5 is a section on line :vs -m5, Fig. 1. Fig. is an enlarged side elevation in detail of the outer end of the spoke.-

1 designates the `felly which is provided with a series of enlargements 2, which re4 ceive the outer ends of spring spokes 3. The outer end of each spoke 3 is provided with an enlarged head l having an offset 5 forni`v ing a shoulder 6, and the enlargement 2 is providedl .with a recess 7 having a shoulder 8 which interlocks with the shoulder 6 oi the spoke. |llhe recess 7 has an inclined wall 9 and a wedge shaped key 10 is inserted in the recess between the head fl and fits the inclined wall 9 in siicli a Way as to positively hold the shoulder 6 of the hea-d 4 in engagement with the shoulder 8 of the recess 7, and thereby positively prevent the outer end of the spoke from accidentally becoming' disconnected. against lateral displacement by means of a side retaining plate 11 whichis secured by niits 12 which are screwed to studsv 13 einbedded in the enlargement of the telly, the other end of the key being held against a flange lllfornied as 'a part of the telly. rilhe plate. 1l has. two flanges 16' which are received in rabbets 17 iorined in the enlargen nient 2. This securelyv holds the retaining plate in the desired position and yet en.l

ables it to be quickly removed, when it is desired to change a spring spoke, .While the key' 10 aots primarily to lill the 'space next` f to the spoke, and thereby hold the shoulder of the spoke in engagement with the shoulder 8 or' the recess, the key can if desired be forced radially away from the riinl by lirst reinovingretaining plate 1l, and then forcing a thin wedge not shown betiil'eenl the end of the key and end of the recess to drive the key tighter.

Specification of Letters Patent.

The key is held at the outer end of' the recess, anda w y tapering radially and adpistable'iadiaily Patented naa e, isis,

1913. SeralNo. 799,474.

.The inner end of each spoke is formed with an enlarged end 18 with an offset pervtion 19 similar to the outer end which lits a correspondingly shaped recess in the hub 20. A wedge 21 is inserted back of the enlarged portion 18 to hold it in locked en` gagenient and the wedge is retained in position by a plate 22, the plate 22 being re'- tained by a nut which is screwed on a stud 24.

-lna wheel of this character it is very l essential' that the spokes be securely .an taelied at both ends and the wedging feature which l employ at both ends or' the spoke positively locks the spoke in position and yet allows it to be readilv removed.v In order tov retain the wedge 21 a lianged plate 25 is employed ivhiehviits on the hubf20 and is retained by nuts 26 screwed to 'studs 27,. The other sides of the wedges are vretained by a flange 2S which is formed as apart of the hub 20. Whenever itis desiredto're more a spoke, the plate is removed', thev nut 23 which holds the plate 22 which retains the wedge 21 associated with the spring to be removed, is unscrewed and the plate 111. at the other end or' the spoke is removed, together with the wedge 10 and then the spoke niay be slipped sidewiseand both its ends disengaged frein the hub and elly respectively, after whichr a new spoke may be readily inserted and the Wedges and plates restored. lt should be noted that the reiiiforcement at each end of the spoke is continiied around the curve as at 29, see Fig. 6, gradually tapering to the size of the intermediate portion 30 of the spoke. This insures the necessary strength at what would otherwise be a very weak point in the spoke and very liable to breakage were it not thus reinforced.. This is a very important feav ture. The intermediate portion of the spoke by reason ot-its reduced cross section and one Wall thereof, the inner end of the spoke sing larger than 'that portion of the spoke Y? 111: said'recess and bearing against the outer the spoke and holding it in engagement y with the Wall of, the recess, a elly, means a wedge in said recess removably independent of the spoke and bearing against the spoke and holding it in engagement With the Wall of. the recess, a felly, means securing the `outer end of the spoke to the felly, and a series of plates detachably secured to the periphery of said hub and extending over the respective outer ends of'said Wedges to detachably retain the lWedges in position@ 3. In ay spring Wheel, a hub provided with a spoke receiving recess, theinner end o the recess being larger than the outer,a spring spoke ttng nsaid recess, the inner end of the spoke being larger than that portion of the spoke at .the louter end ofthe recess,'a Wedge in said recess hearing against securing cessed on its outer face, a plate in said. recess and projecting over the outer' end of plate, and a nut screwed on the stud, to hold the plate against the endof the Wedge.

4. Ina spring wheel, a hub, afelly, a

spring spoke-.With its inner endvsecured to' the hub, the telly having a series of enlargements,v each enlargement having a recess formed with a shoulder, the spoke having its end portion formed with a shoulder en` gaging the shoulder in the recess, la Wedge in said recess, b earing a the outer end of the spoke to the i-i felly, al stud insaid hub, the hub being reainst the spoke and' holding said shouldersinterlocked, said rethe Wedge, said stud extending through the cess 'opening through the side, wall of the enlargement, said enlargement having r'bbeted recesses, a plate with flanges fitting said rabbeted recesses and bearing against the side of the spoke and Wedge, andstuds detachably securingjsaid plate.

AIn testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California this 1st y day 'ci' November 1913.

f Y .WESLEY E.'KEESEE. In presence ofll G. T. HAGKLEY,

LORRAINE DUBROW: 

